The power of rhythm and routine! Keep yourself healthy and learn how to control time!

Can you feel the rhythm?

’Routine’ is usually seen as a negative term nowadays, we don't want to make our life fix, we want to enjoy it, but is it worth it?. We live in a world that is fast becoming a 24-hour non-stop market where everything is open all hours. You can buy chocolate at midnight, write articles on the Internet at 3am, and do business online at the crack of down. Before you join the 24-hour revolution, however, take a minute to listen to what your body is trying to tell you – that a lifestyle with such chaos is not what nature intended.

Do you have time for everything?

Your body clock

In an area in our brains called hypothalamus, we have a ’body clock’ that controls our body’s natural rhythms. It tells us when it’s the right time to work, sleep, play, eat. It plays an important part of our physical and psychological well being. It is, in fact, what makes us tick and it controls many things including our hormones, temperature, immune functions and alertness. It synchronises all these like a conductor with an orchestra; it regulates tempo and brings in all the different instruments on time to make music rather than a random noise. If we try to ignore our body clocks, or even to switch them off for a while, we not only deprive ourselves of much needed rest but we also run the risk of seriously damaging our health.

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Health problems

Ignoring your body clock, and changing your body’s natural rhythms can not only make you depressed, nervous, and accident-prone, it can lead to much more serious health problems. For example, heart disease, fatigue, ulcers, muscular pain, and frequent viral infections can all result from trying to outsmart our body clocks. Altering our patterns of sleeping and walking dramatically affects our immune system. While we sleep the body’s repair mechanism are at work; when we are awake natural killer cells circulate around our bodies and cause more damage. Our digestive system is affected, too – high levels of glucose and fat remain in our bloodstream for longer periods on time and this can lead to heart disease.

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Don't mess with the time

Unfortunately, we were not designed to be members of a 24-hour society. We can, but our body can't ignore millions of years of evolution and change the day with the night. We function best with a regular pattern of sleep and wakefulness That is in tune with our natural environment. Nature’s cues are what keep our body clock ticking rhythmically and everything is working in harmony. So, next time you think a daily routine is boring and predictable , remember that routine may well save your life in he long run.

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Sueswan 6 years ago

Hi Yoebaree

Great hub.

I know when I don't get enough sleep I don't function properly.

Voted up and awesome.

DREAM ON 6 years ago

I have read about our internal clock.You made a great hub out of this.Great tips and advice.

Christy Birmingham 6 years agofrom British Columbia, Canada

Awe, you are welcome, take care!

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Hunor Barabás 6 years agofrom Romania

Oh, thanks! I will read your hub as soon as I have time (how funny). That little f, thanks for correcting me!

Christy Birmingham 6 years agofrom British Columbia, Canada

I just read your hub and how funny I just wrote one about lack of time as well. I suppose great minds think alike! Well written. You will want to modify the title as 'yourself' is spelt incorrectly. :)

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